Wheel.



W. HAMMAGK, I. HEDGES & L. MARTIN.

WHEEL.

APPLIOATION FILED Nov. 25. 1911,

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WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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To all whom. it may Concern Be it known that We, Winnen Harmsen, Jansz Humors', and LAUREN MnnrIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Fairfield and State of Ohio, have invented certain netY and useful Improvements in Wheels; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of -the invenu tion, such as will enable others skilled in the. art to which it appertains to maire and use the same.

This invention relates to wheels, and is designed particularly to construct asubstitute furthe' Wooden Wheels which are now in use, said Wheel being constructed throughoutot metal, having a Woodenv or other suitable filling inserted therein.

lt is the object of the present invention to produce a Wheel which will not only iiicrease the strength and durability of the wooden Wheelnow in use, but which' Will be Vas light, il not'lighter, than other wheels. I

W'ith the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parte, all as hereinafter morefully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure lA is a fragmentary, side elevation of a Wheel constructed in accordance with Sli4 the present invention; parts thereof being in section; lliig. 2 is a section takenalong lines 2-2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a section taken along lines 3-3'of Fig. .lg and Figs. 4 and 5 Aare detailed,"transverse sections and modi: lications of the telly.

The Wheel forming the subject- Inatter of the present inventioncomprises a hub hav ing a pair or spaced parallel outwardly en tending flanges formed circumferentially' thereabout, said flanges having mounted therein a plurality of radiallyextending tubular spokes which are riveted between said flanges, which form the body Vportion of the wheel, said spokes being constructed of any suitable metal. A telly is rigidly secured to the outer terminal oi the spokes and constitutes a pair of U-shaped or other constructed membersy which are adapted to be secured together by rivets, said rivets passing through the spokes which enter into the hollow structure formed by said metal. The interior of the telly is provided with wood or composition filling which prevents any damage being imparted to said Jelly and increases the strength and durability thereof, Y

Reference beinghad more particularly to the drawings, l0 indicates generally the hub provided with a suitable transverse opening ll for the reception of any suitable' standard axle. lThis hub is provided with a pair of clrcumferentially arranged upwardly extending parallel` flanges 12, `said flanges being pierced by a plurality of alined openings 13, through which the rivets or other suitably aline'd attaching members let ness.4

These rivets le secure the tubular hdilovv spokes l5 to the hub, said spokesextending radially, as illustrated in Fig. l, and contL stituting a Wheel similar in construction `to the ordinary wheel now in use. i

Afelly `carried at the outer terminals of the spokes 15 is constructed ofmetalund in sections, in order that the 'Wooden filling may be inserted therein. .This elly indicated generally as 16 is' constructed in its preferred form of the U-shaped sections i6', said sections being spliced together in such a manner that their arms` abut, thus permitting the insertion oi thewooden lling there between, The spokes 15 enter theV lower side 'of the felly and .bear against the opposite side thereof, said spokes being retained in their operative position by the 'rivets 18 piercing said sections 16. The spokes not only rest in the metal portion 16 of the telly, but are retained in the Wooden lling, thus Gti constituting substantially, but at'tbe,salueJ time, a comparatively light. structure.

A Wheel or this constructionis not sub ject t'o the Weather, and furthermore is as light, if not lighter, than the wo'oden Wheel now in use, at the same time increasing the strength and durability of the Wheels novv` in use. The provision of the'wooden filling within the itelly leliminates the possibility of said telly becoming dented or damaged and produces a solid rim, which is at the same time light.

Relative to the modification of the folly 16 illustrated in Figs. ltand, the funda mental principle thereof is substantially the same as that illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, with the exception that in said views the l? ti joints between the sections of which the telly is constructed are at diierent localities. Fig. l illustrates the joints between the sections 16, adjacent to one side of the bean lio tion, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by U. S. Letters Patent is:

A Wheel provided with a rim formed ofl two angular metal vmembers between which wooden felly sections ae placed, said angu* ler members having their abutting edges disposed in the center of the periphery of the bearin polon of the Wheel, and at the center of t e inner side of the rim, spokes appears upon the bearextending into said rim and bearing at their outer ends against the inner sides of theV angular members, and bolts extending trimsversely through said angular members and through the spokes.

In testimony whereof We ax our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

. WILLAM HAMMACK.

JABEZ HEDGES. LAUREN MARTIN. Titnesses C. B. MARTIN, GEO. H. HEED. 

